Description of the Argentona site

The Argentona site is located at about 30 km northeast of Barcelona near the “Riera de Argentona”, an ephemeral stream. The site has a mean elevation of 3 m and an area of about 1500 m². The climate of the area is sub-Mediterranean with a mean annual precipitation of 584 mm since 2000. Rainy seasons are spring and autumn, with generally heavy rainfall episodes in autumn. During these events, the Argentona stream may flow.  

The site is located on a coastal alluvial aquifer with mostly unconsolidated sediments, which consist of two sequences located above and below a silt layer at -9 m above mean seal level. A granite basement has been found at -17 and -18 m above mean seal level with signs of intense weathering. Sixteen piezometers have been installed in a cross-shaped distribution. The axis perpendicular to the coastline is the longest with the closest piezometers to the coastline located at a distance of 40 m.  

This site aims to study seawater intrusion (SWI), which contaminate drinking water resources and impact in ecological and hydrological cycles. The inland movement of saline water indeed present complex physical, chemical, mechanical and geological processes. For more information, the reader can refer to Palacios et al. (2020).  

References

1. 1. A. Palacios, J. J. Ledo, N. Linde, L. Luquot, F. Bellmunt, A. Folch, A. Marcuello, P. Queralt, P. A. Pezard, L. Martínez, L. del Val, D. Bosch, and J. Carrera. Time-lapse cross-hole electrical resistivity tomography (CHERT) for monitoring seawater intrusion dynamics in a mediterranean aquifer. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 24(4):2121--2139, 2020. [ DOI ]

Data Available At The Argentona Site

Access to the data from Google Earth module

The Google Earth module provides a site visualization and information on data available such as types of measurements, locations, dates, etc. This interface also provides an overview of geophysical maps and cross-sections, which can be directly downloaded from the available links. Data available through predefined requests can be downloaded from this interface too.  

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Access to the data from database interface

All data inserted in the H+ database can be extracted using requests, which can be defined through this interface. For more information, please read the tutorial available here.

Overview of the database interface.

Access to the data from predefined requests

To help finding general data sets, predefined requests have been created and are regularly executed. Results can be downloaded from the links available below.

Access to the data from published articles

Alternatively, user can find specific data sets published in scientific journals. The web page that links to the specific data set is provided at the end of the reference.

A. Palacios, J. J. Ledo, N. Linde, L. Luquot, F. Bellmunt, A. Folch, A. Marcuello, P. Queralt, P. A. Pezard, L. Martínez, L. del Val, D. Bosch, and J. Carrera. Time-lapse cross-hole electrical resistivity tomography (CHERT) for monitoring seawater intrusion dynamics in a mediterranean aquifer. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 24(4):2121--2139, 2020. [ DOI | Data ]